June 19, 2013Circulation253 citations
View Full PaperAmbulatory Blood Pressure Changes After Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Patients With Resistant Hypertension
Structured PICO
Does renal sympathetic denervation improve office and ambulatory blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension?
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Population
Patients with true-treatment resistant hypertension and pseudoresistant hypertension
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Intervention
Renal sympathetic denervation (RDN)
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Outcome
Office blood pressure and ambulatory blood pressure monitoringsurrogate
Renal sympathetic denervation improves both office and ambulatory blood pressure in true resistant hypertension, but only office blood pressure in pseudoresistant hypertension.
Abstract
RDN reduced office BP and improved relevant aspects of ambulatory BP monitoring, commonly linked to high cardiovascular risk, in patients with true-treatment resistant hypertension, whereas it only affected office BP in pseudoresistant hypertension.